Reappraisal of the Arc-Arc Collision in Taiwan
Al though it is evident that Taiwan has been formed by the collision of the west-facing Luzon arc with the Eurasian continental mar gin, there're main a lot of enigmas in this collision. The major ones are: (1) a trans form fault presently connecting the Manila and Ryukyu Trenches in the Philip...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
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http://tao.cgu.org.tw/images/attachments/v204p563.pdf
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| Summary: | Al though it is evident that Taiwan has been formed by the collision of the west-facing Luzon arc with the Eurasian continental mar gin, there're main a lot of enigmas in this collision. The major ones are: (1) a trans form fault presently connecting the Manila and Ryukyu Trenches in the Philippine Sea – Eurasia relative motion direction is missing, and in stead, the Ryukyu Trench ex tends near off shore E. Taiwan, (2) the western edge of the intermediate-depth seismicity associated with |
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| ISSN: | 1017-0839 2311-7680 |